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Chondrodendron platyphyllum

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(A. Saint-Hilaire) Miers

Common Names

• Batua (Brazil)

Geographical Habitats

• Bahia
• Ceará
• Espírito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande
• São Paulo - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Dec-Jan (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Nov (Brazil)

Liana with cream flowers, greenish immature fruit, leaves tomentose beneath. Climbing shrub, leaves with greyish tomentum beneath

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Gleason & Moldenke